Frederick Dean (SA Navy)

Frederick John Dean OBE
Born	(1900-09-01)1 September 1900[1]:59
Died	13 October 1983(1983-10-13) (aged 83)
Service/branch	South African Navy
Commands held	South African Navy HMSAS Southern Barrier
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Commodore Frederick Dean OBE (1900–1983) was a South African military commander.

Military Career

During World War I he served with the Mercantile Marine, attached to the Royal Navy. He became a Sub-Lieutenant in the RNR and served in submarines. He joined the South African arm of the RNVR as a Lieutenant.

In 1940 he became Officer Commanding of HMSAS Southern Barrier,^[2] sweeping the Agulhas Bank, which earned him an OBE.^[1]:5

From 1942 he was Commanding Officer, Cape Town Detachment, Seaward Defence Force. In 1945 he became Commander Seaward Defences, South African Naval Forces, effectively the head of the South African Navy.

Later career

He was a trustee of the National War Museum from 1946 to 1952.

Awards and Decorations

• Order of the British Empire (OBE)

See also

• List of South African military chiefs
• South African Navy

References

Chiefs of the South African Navy List of South African military chiefs OC South African Naval Service 1922 – 1932 Norman Rankin Robert F.U.P. Fitzgerald Director, Seaward Defence Force 1940 – 1942 Guy Hallifax James Dalgleish Director, South African Naval Forces 1942 – 1951 James Dalgleish Frederick Dean Naval & Marine Chief of Staff 1951 – 1955 Frederick Dean Pieter de Waal Hugo H Biermann Naval Chief of Staff 1955 – 1966 Hugo H Biermann Chief of the Navy 1966 – Present Hugo H Biermann James 'Flam' Johnson J Charl Walters Ronald A. Edwards Andries P "Dries" Putter Glen Syndercombe Andries P "Dries" Putter Lambert J “Woody” Woodburne Robert Claude Simpson-Anderson Johan Retief Refiloe Johannes Mudimu Samuel Hlongwane